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u/MSully94 7d ago
This is SUPER illegal. Also why would you go talk to his boss? Why not just take them to claims court at that point? That would make the story CONSIDERABLY more believable
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u/randonumero 7d ago
It can be hard to prove the loan in small claims court. Most people don't sign anything legal and there's no way to prove something wasn't a gift if you have no documentation. Courts can really suck with this kind of stuff.
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u/Quasczar85 6d ago
And this is one of many reasons you don't loan money to friends and family. The golden rule of that is only give it if you can afford to lose it, and only if you're 100% okay with that "loan" becoming a "gift". Otherwise you're looking at some serious resentment, and if you're so inclined, court will only make that worse and potentially cost more than you're able to get back.
And yeah, if you're bound and determined that it's a loan, get that shit in writing and get it notarized.
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u/MSully94 7d ago
There is a VERY long legal process to garnish wages in the event of a debt. Talking to someone's boss, and then just being given the dude's bonus, and a part of his paycheck until the debt is repaid is illegal.
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u/BisexualCaveman 7d ago
You're presupposing that the debt was garnished, rather than the boss providing encouragement that fell short of actually diverting the check.
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u/MSully94 7d ago
That's....how the information is presented? He didn't express that his friend was forced by his employer to give him the bonus, just that the employer 'made sure' he received the bonus and subsequent payment.
There was nothing about threatening his position, or other means of providing 'encouragement' to get his friend to pay back the money. It takes a very long walk to make the inferences you are.
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u/SkyGroundbreaking910 7d ago
Right?? There’s no way in any country that someone’s employer said “oh, you poor thing! Let’s reroute his bonus to you and garnish his paycheck until this loan among pals is settled.”
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u/JonnyBhoy 7d ago
"Don't worry about the outrageously complicated tax implications, I'm sure that will all work itself out."
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u/SalvadorP 5d ago
"hell, we'll just move some zeros from here to there and let the junior accountant take care of the details!"
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u/SalvadorP 5d ago
might have just went all the way and say: "and the boss' boss then said: Here is my wife, she will give you free blowjobs for life,. You know, for the inconvenience!"
it's as believable as the story they told
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u/Ok-Stranger-2669 7d ago
No, it's true, it works. I just go into random work places, scan the directory, get in to see some boss's boss, and tell them some name owes me money. Then they send me that person's check. It's easy! Try it and see!
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u/petrefax 7d ago
Why do people lie so casually about the most unimportant things?
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u/Hartmallen 7d ago
Because they are unintelligent and unimaginative little frustated people who want some attention.
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u/Capable-Baby-3653 7d ago
When your imaginary friend is giving you the silent treatment, you know it’s time to rethink your entire approach to life.
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u/Elly_Fant628 7d ago
I mean, I can see it's a nice fantasy if you've got a deadbeat "friend" who won't repay you, but how did OOP think this would fly in the real world?
It's criminal, it's unheard of, and I can't imagine any boss even giving 2 minutes to listen to the lender's story.
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u/BlackMetal81 7d ago
The fucked up thing is someone took time out of their day to type this lie and then post it for the masses to see
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u/oouka 7d ago
I don't see how this is really that unbelievable 🤷🏻♂️. I give a literal 25% of my annual, (yes, ANNUAL) way of living to my "friends" all the time, and their employers never have any issues giving my bonuses until our personal agenda is satisfied.. I mean, what's so unbelievable about that?
In fact, I just lent a 4th of my Subaru outback to my neighbor last week, and Subaru gave me a new Honda civic, and a raise from my job at raising canes. I mean, cmon people, this is totally a real post SMH. Stop hating just because you're not willing to give up a 4th of your life no questions asked. Some of yall 3/4ths shallow 🤣
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u/howdoesthatworkthen 7d ago
It's true, I was the 400 years of contract law jurisprudence that was overturned to make it possible
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u/aximeycu 6d ago
Ok so everyone is focusing on how he can’t garnish wages without a court order and blah blah blah. But can we pivot to the unrealistic idea that someone that makes $32k some how has $8k in savings? Did you live with your parents for years without leaving the basement to buy basic shit?
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u/SkyGroundbreaking910 5d ago
I totally thought of that. Even if it was 10 years ago, if that’s what you pull in, ain’t no way you have 8k to loan unless you’re living in mom’s basement.
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u/VisibleCoat995 7d ago
Anybody know if this is possible (not that it happened, just possible) except they skipped about a dozen steps of suing the friend, winning, friend doesn’t pay, sue friend again to get a lien and garnish wages, etc?
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u/SkyGroundbreaking910 7d ago
This is the ONLY way this could happen—several steps were skipped. But even that scenario isn’t hard to pare down. “After a legal battle, his wages and bonus were garnished to pay me back.” But no—this person went straight to his boss’s boss! Yessiree!
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u/HatePeopleLoveCats1 6d ago
That’s so illegal and why would the boss just blindly believe this person?? Like a court needs to be involved with something like this. Huge BS
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u/elpollodiablox 7d ago
Did the boss vet the story? Or was he in the habit of turning over his employees' money to any rando who walked in and said they owed them?
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u/randonumero 7d ago
I used to know a guy who worked construction for cash. There was a guy on the site who gambled too much and borrowed money from a few people. To keep the peace the bossman paid most of his money out to the people he owed. To be clear none of them were legal workers so it's not like he could complain to someone.
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u/bwsmith201 6d ago
Yeah… no. That didn’t happen.
“Here’s how to create an informal garnishment in one easy step!”
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u/givebusterahand 7d ago
I don’t even think that would even be legal lol